 The Witcher's brand new third season hasn't had the best reception, and one of the show's producers says young people and Americans are to blame. The Netflix fantasy series, starring Henry Cavill, began in 2019 and was immensely popular with viewers on the streaming platform at the time. However, after the series moved away from the wealth of source material written by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski, fans have grown more impatient. This was compounded when leading man Cavill announced he would be leaving the series at the conclusion of the recently-released third season. Now, according to reports from US-based TV analytics websites, the third season premiere has seen a 15% drop in viewership compared to season two. In response, executive producer Tomek Baginski has said that, while it's 'painful' to lose viewers, moving away from the books was necessary. Henry Cavill (left) has left the Netflix series after three seasons (Picture: Getty) 'It's painful for us, and for me too, but the higher level of nuance and complexity will have a smaller range, it won't reach people,' he told Wyborcza. He continued, speaking to the Polish news website: 'Sometimes [the complexity] may go too far, but we have to make these decisions and accept them.' Baginski then referenced an unfinished movie he once worked on in the early 2010s called Hardkor 44, which was a sci-fi war movie set during World War 2. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Tomek Baginski says Americans and young people are to blame (Picture: WireImage) 'For Americans, [Hardkor 44] was completely incomprehensible, too complicated, because they grew up in a different historical context,' he argued. 'When a series is made for a huge mass of viewers – and a large part of them are Americans – these simplifications not only make sense, they are necessary.' 'When it comes t){kind=link}
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The Witcher’s brand new third season hasn’t had the best reception, and one of the show’s producers says young people and Americans are to blame.
The Netflix fantasy series, starring Henry Cavill, began in 2019 and was immensely popular with viewers on the streaming platform at the time.
However, after the series moved away from the wealth of source material written by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski, fans have grown more impatient.
This was compounded when leading man Cavill announced he would be leaving the series at the conclusion of the recently-released third season.